Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 334 Necromancer
Leaving aside Zhang Heng's surprise that his immortality seemed to be real, and Mu Xiang's contemplation on getting Zhang Heng to exert more effort... Zhu Wen then looked at the others.

“I don’t know if it’s because of team battles, but you guys said team battles are extremely dangerous… so the death aura on you is very strong, much stronger than when I first got enhanced.” Zhu Wen carefully chose her words. “In other words, you could all die.”

Liu Xi, however, seemed unimpressed and asked indifferently, "How much exactly?"

"Hmm... Zhao Yingkong, Lingdian, Qi Tengyi, and Xu Lin are second only to Mu Xiang and Zheng Zha."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yingkong and Lingdian's expressions didn't change much, but Qi Tengyi gave a somewhat forced smile. Xu Lin, the newcomer, however, suddenly looked grim; though only for a moment, it was clear he had realized something.

Qi Tengyi's wife immediately tightened her grip on his clothes. The burly man lowered his head and whispered something to her, which made her loosen her grip. Even so, Qi Tengyi's clothes were still being pulled, and he could only listen to Zhu Wen continue speaking with a wry smile.

Although Lingdian herself wasn't particularly scared, she couldn't help but feel relieved that she had sent her little sister back to her room to sleep... otherwise, she would have been terrified and cried.

"Then there's Zhan Lan, Liu Xi, and Ba Wang... I don't know if it's just my imagination, but Liu Xi's death aura seems to be more connected to Mu Xiang than everyone else's." Zhu Wen pondered for a moment, "Although Long Taobing's is less than all of yours, it doesn't seem to create a significant difference."

Liu Xi smiled faintly; she wasn't surprised by this outcome. What Mu Xiang asked her to do… how could it be without risk? After strengthening her True Sense Vision, acquiring the Heavenly Aether, and undergoing a series of exchanges, her life and death were already inextricably linked to Mu Xiang's decisions.

Zhan Lan didn't dwell on anything too much. She was one of the original members who had teamed up with Mu Xiang and Zheng Zha since "Resident Evil". Although the strengthening of Mu Xiang, Zheng Zha and even the entire Zhongzhou team had temporarily distanced everyone from the most bloody and direct brutal death, she still hadn't forgotten the death atmosphere of the first few horror movies.

Then she asked, half out of concern and half out of curiosity, "And what about you?"

Zhu Wen's expression changed slightly, and then she smiled and said, "My strength is not as great as yours, so I have more death energy... probably the same as Zhao Yingkong and the others."

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "So what happens after the adjustment?"

“After the adjustment, their death energy has concentrated on you. Except for Zhang Heng, who remains unchanged, the death energy of the others is slowly recovering. However, this process is very slow, taking at least an hour to recover. The excess death energy on your body will slowly dissipate,” Zhu Wen said.

Mu Xiang certainly wouldn't conduct any experiments on the law of conservation of death energy. This death energy was slightly different from the necromantic aura that served as the energy of necromancers, making it impossible to measure or evaluate simply... Therefore, neither he nor Zhu Wen were certain whether there was a direct correlation between the excess death energy dissipating from their bodies and the death energy recovered by the others. Of course, if Chu Xuan were present, it would be a different story.

"Hmm, it doesn't seem to have much of an impact... Looks like I'm pretty resilient." Mu Xiang said casually, "So, before the death aura of the others recovered, how much were they affected by the original causal relationship?"

Zhu Wen shook her head first: "It's not that simple. The death energy in the God Realm is different from that in the horror movie... The last horror movie proved this point. The death energy in the God Realm was much less than that after entering the horror movie. Even so, I almost reached my limit when adjusting their death energy."

Mu Xiang immediately understood what she meant: "You mean my death energy is about to reach its limit... which will cause the death energy of the others to increase again?"

“That’s right…” Zhu Wen nodded. “As for the original impact, according to the explanation of the main god, it will indeed weaken the lethality of the original associated object, but this is not absolute, it is only a weakening.”

Liu Xi said calmly, "In other words, the plan to concentrate everyone's death energy on you during the team battle, so that the others would be safe, failed." "As expected, after all, this is only a B-level ability... It can't make you absolutely immortal." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses, "But weakening a part of the causal relationship is still a very special effect."

Zheng Zha asked doubtfully, "Wouldn't this ability be very useful in 'Final Destination'?"

"Let her explain; she can see the death aura." Mu Xiang shrugged. "Let her explain the specific differences to you."

Zhu Wen smiled helplessly: "It's not that easy, because for ordinary people, once the death aura reaches a certain level, death is inevitable... Above that standard, the amount is not important; what matters most is what it's related to. In 'Final Destination,' everyone's death aura is related to many, many things, making it extremely difficult to adjust."

"Robbing Peter to pay Paul... It's impossible to eliminate all the connections, and as long as one remains, death can take your life." Zheng Zha pushed up his nose and said in a low voice.

Zhu Wen turned to look at Mu Xiang: "As for the burden, it is indeed as you said, I cannot bear too much right now... If I had extraordinary energy, it should be able to alleviate some of the pressure. Of course, for me, the most suitable extraordinary energy is the death aura that originates from the same source as death energy."

Mu Xiang made a gesture: "Of course, you can directly enhance the bloodline of a novice necromancer."

Zhu Wen nodded, then turned around and connected to the main god, paying for two C-level side quests and three thousand reward points.

“Whether it’s her own will or the recommendation of the main god, the necromancer bloodline is top-tier.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “This bloodline does have its advantages, but if you’re going to pursue combat power, you have to strive for perfection… She’ll soon find out how wonderful it is to not be involved in combat.”

Upon hearing this statement of fact, everyone could only manage a wry smile... Rigorous training was absolutely a tradition of the Zhongzhou team. When Mu Xiang was in charge of this matter, no one could afford to slack off, and according to Zhang Jie, he had trained Mu Xiang in the same way back then.

"Aren't you raising a tiger to your own detriment?" Zheng Zha whispered to Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie rolled his eyes, almost spitting a puff of smoke in Zheng Zha's face: "Give me a break. When I asked you to train them, you didn't hold back at all."

After Zhu Wen completed the enhancement, she left behind a C-level side quest. The two B-level side quests for enhancing the intermediate necromancer were paid for by Qi Tengyi.

Seeing Zhu Wen float up again, Mu Xiang seemed to have thought of something and smiled at everyone, "Zhu Wen is still very energetic. She knows that the aura of the dead will shorten her lifespan and damage her appearance, but she did not hesitate... This spirit is worthy of praise."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha couldn't help but look at Zhan Lan.

Zhan Lan was puzzled for a moment, then remembered the incident when she was strengthening the Star Spirit bloodline. Enraged, she kicked Zheng Zha in the butt.

(End of this chapter)